CNG 90, Lot: 1431. Estimate $500. Sold for $865. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 11.47 g, 11h). Pergamum mint. Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right / Triumphal Arch of Augustus, surmounted by charioteer in facing quadriga; an aquila before each side wall; IMP • IX • TR • POT • V • on entablature, S • P • R •/SIGNIS/RECEPTIS in opening. RIC I 510; Sutherland Group VIIα (unlisted dies); RPC I 2218; RSC 298. Near VF, toned.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.